Past President Granville Albright Honored

Granville L. Albright, who was born and raised in Mount Airy, will be inducted into the Mount Airy Hall of Fame on March 20th, 2012.

Granville is a charter member of the Mount Airy Junior Fire Company.

He became an active member of the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company in 1960 and is now in his 50th year of service. He has held many offices for the fire company: He was president from 1976-1978, assistant chief in 1983 and on the board of managers for 21 years. He has served on numerous committees involved with fire prevention, communications, regulations and statistics, and has managed insurance needs for the company since 1976. Also active in fundraising activities for the company, he is a loyal worker at the Sunday dinners, and has been chairman of concessions for the annual firemen's carnival for 35 years.

Albright also volunteers his services to the Town of Mount Airy for the town numbering system.

Beyond his involvement locally, Albright worked on the committees of the Carroll County Chiefs Association which created the Emergency Operations Center and instituted advanced 911 service for the county, established the operations procedures for Central Alarm, initiated the County Incident Reporting System and set the requirements for the creation of the County Training Center.

He received the All-Around Volunteer of the Year and the chief's and the president's awards for outstanding service from the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company.

In 1988 he was named the Mount Airy Rotary Club's Public Safety Person of the Year.

Albright was inducted into the Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association's Hall of Fame in 2011.